Google Docs - "students submit work this way; surveys throughout the class; class brainstorming on a shared document; gradebook simulations on spreadsheets, etc.; too wonderful for words; “WebCT didn’t work” or “but I sent you an email” are excuses that don’t work here; students can get to class content here and on my site anywhere there is internet access."
Sarah Davis, Associate Dean at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC
"I use Google Docs for documents and spreadsheets, which I can easily share or publish. I use Forms to easily create surveys and bring the data into the spreadsheets. I also use it to get distance learners to collaborate."
Brian Mulligan, Open Learning Project Coordinator, Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland
"I’ve really been using Google docs in a big way in the past year. We’ve used them for shared ‘Word’ documents that we can work on collaboratively and also as ‘Forms’ to gather information from people - which then goes automatically into a spreadsheet."
"Google Docs for collaborating on line. Great for collecting data for a statistics lesson for example - create a form which all the students complete – all the data will be collected on a single spreadsheet."
Colleen Young, Senior Tutor and Mathematics Teacher, Newstead Wood School in the UK ----
"I love the ability to connect students with collaborative writing projects. Google Docs allows the students to work together around their busy schedules. I love that there are a variety of output formats, as well, so accessibility is not an issue"
Beth Ritter-Guth, Teacher at Community College in Schnecksville, PA.
Goolgle Docs "supports writing academic papers, bid documents, impossible deadlines and working with interesting, busy people. For students making the transition to Web apps the collaborative features support peer support and negotiation."
Google Docs"A great way to create a channel of communication between teacher and student between classes. Useful for writing assignments and feedback between classes."
Google Docs "allows our kids and teachers to share documents for joint projects, but also allows kids to continue work at home and then get it from school the next day again. No more lost papers or troubles at home with printers that don't have ink!"
PBworks "great way for prospective teachers to create and share safely their teaching portfolio; I am able to provide them feedback here, as well; unlike other online portfolios, such as LiveText, pbworks is free and can go with them after graduation and into their own classroom
Sarah Davis, Associate Dean at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC
PBworks "We are running our intranet or ‘Knowledge Pod’ on this. Cool, flexible and easy too use. Even a drunken monkey can use it."
"We use PBworks to create wikis for class projects. They are replacing pathfinders that were static pages – the fact that users can edit pages has created another level of interaction in the development of resources for learning."
Jenny Luca, Head of Information Services, Toorak College, Melbourne, Australia.
With so many of my projects calling for collaborative development of e-learning solutions, I've found myself spending more and more time on wikis. With free sites for educators, and unparalleled community tools, WetPaint wikis are the backbone of Twitter for Teachers, and The Golden Fleece Wiki.
"Every student in my class gets their own wikispace and are taught how to embed code, widgets, pictures, etc. Our literature circles utilize a wikispace for homework assignments with students being provided a 'menu' of web 2.0 choices for each homework assignment that they can complete and place on their wikispace. This project is also blogged at A wiki lesson for literature circles
Mary Howard, Sixth grade teacher in Grand Island, New York
Wikispaces - "This service enables me to provide an interactive site for my students. Once I have created it, they can become active contributors to the site."
Leigh Zeitz, Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Northern Iowa
Wikispaces - "I use it for classes I am conducting in which I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos, Adobe PDF papers, MS Word documents, images and all sorts of stuff and then my students contribute to the discussion portion and continually add links and other information. The flexibility and versatility is great for running a collaborative class. MSIT Second Life wiki"
Karl Kapp, professor of Instructional Technology and the Assistant Director at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg PA
Wikispaces - "I have built a space that I use as my "electronic filing cabinet" for samples of work I have done. I've also built a space that I use for my online portfolio so that others can learn about the quality and scope of my work."
Shari Ward, training and development professional, US
"I've never met any of my coworkers in person; everyone on our team telecommutes. Wikispaces is one of our primary documentation and collaboration tools. It's easy to post tips, resources, processes, and brainstorming. The RSS feed lets me know whenever changes are made, which is a huge help."
- Google Docs - "students submit work this way; surveys throughout the class; class brainstorming on a shared document; gradebook simulations on spreadsheets, etc.; too wonderful for words; “WebCT didn’t work” or “but I sent you an email” are excuses that don’t work here; students can get to class content here and on my site anywhere there is internet access."
Sarah Davis, Associate Dean at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC- "I use Google Docs for documents and spreadsheets, which I can easily share or publish. I use Forms to easily create surveys and bring the data into the spreadsheets. I also use it to get distance learners to collaborate."
Brian Mulligan, Open Learning Project Coordinator, Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland- "I’ve really been using Google docs in a big way in the past year. We’ve used them for shared ‘Word’ documents that we can work on collaboratively and also as ‘Forms’ to gather information from people - which then goes automatically into a spreadsheet."
Carol Skyring, Founder & CEO, LearnTel- "Google Docs for collaborating on line. Great for collecting data for a statistics lesson for example - create a form which all the students complete – all the data will be collected on a single spreadsheet."
Colleen Young, Senior Tutor and Mathematics Teacher, Newstead Wood School in the UK----
- "I love the ability to connect students with collaborative writing projects. Google Docs allows the students to work together around their busy schedules. I love that there are a variety of output formats, as well, so accessibility is not an issue"
Beth Ritter-Guth, Teacher at Community College in Schnecksville, PA.- Goolgle Docs "supports writing academic papers, bid documents, impossible deadlines and working with interesting, busy people. For students making the transition to Web apps the collaborative features support peer support and negotiation."
Andrew Middleton, Staff developer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK- Google Docs "A great way to create a channel of communication between teacher and student between classes. Useful for writing assignments and feedback between classes."
Jonathan Lecun, Online teacher for UK Teachers Online- Google Docs "allows our kids and teachers to share documents for joint projects, but also allows kids to continue work at home and then get it from school the next day again. No more lost papers or troubles at home with printers that don't have ink!"
Gail Potratz, Eighth grade LA teacher----
- PBworks "great way for prospective teachers to create and share safely their teaching portfolio; I am able to provide them feedback here, as well; unlike other online portfolios, such as LiveText, pbworks is free and can go with them after graduation and into their own classroom
Sarah Davis, Associate Dean at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC- PBworks "We are running our intranet or ‘Knowledge Pod’ on this. Cool, flexible and easy too use. Even a drunken monkey can use it."
Anol Bhattacharya, COO of GetIT | Comms (Singapore).- "We use PBworks to create wikis for class projects. They are replacing pathfinders that were static pages – the fact that users can edit pages has created another level of interaction in the development of resources for learning."
Jenny Luca, Head of Information Services, Toorak College, Melbourne, Australia.- With so many of my projects calling for collaborative development of e-learning solutions, I've found myself spending more and more time on wikis. With free sites for educators, and unparalleled community tools, WetPaint wikis are the backbone of Twitter for Teachers, and The Golden Fleece Wiki.
Rodd Lucier, regional e-Learning contact, Ontario, Canada- "Every student in my class gets their own wikispace and are taught how to embed code, widgets, pictures, etc. Our literature circles utilize a wikispace for homework assignments with students being provided a 'menu' of web 2.0 choices for each homework assignment that they can complete and place on their wikispace. This project is also blogged at A wiki lesson for literature circles
Mary Howard, Sixth grade teacher in Grand Island, New York- Wikispaces - "This service enables me to provide an interactive site for my students. Once I have created it, they can become active contributors to the site."
Leigh Zeitz, Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Northern Iowa- Wikispaces - "I use it for classes I am conducting in which I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos, Adobe PDF papers, MS Word documents, images and all sorts of stuff and then my students contribute to the discussion portion and continually add links and other information. The flexibility and versatility is great for running a collaborative class. MSIT Second Life wiki"
Karl Kapp, professor of Instructional Technology and the Assistant Director at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg PA- Wikispaces - "I have built a space that I use as my "electronic filing cabinet" for samples of work I have done. I've also built a space that I use for my online portfolio so that others can learn about the quality and scope of my work."
Shari Ward, training and development professional, US- "I've never met any of my coworkers in person; everyone on our team telecommutes. Wikispaces is one of our primary documentation and collaboration tools. It's easy to post tips, resources, processes, and brainstorming. The RSS feed lets me know whenever changes are made, which is a huge help."
Christy Tucker, Instructional designer, US